Dime Novels, Robber Barons
(know who they are), Trust, Sherman Anti-Trust, Do Nothing Presidents,
Thomas Nast, Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed, Greenback Party, Pendleton
Act vs. Spoils System, Haymarket Affair, Molly Maguires, AFL,
Wobblies, Knights of Labor, Gompers, Powderly, Debs, ICC, Sherman
Silver Act, Homestead Act,
Turner Thesis, Dawes Severalty Act,
Wounded Knee 1890, Ghostdance, Custer's Last Stand, Ghost Dance, A
Century of Dishonor, Golden Spie, Bessemer Process, Nativism,
Eugenics (ranking of the races), New Immigration, radio, Old
Immigration, Helen Hunt Jackson, Faro, Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill
Hickock.
ELECTION OF 1884
CHART -- MUGWUMPS = REPUBLICANS FOR
Cleveland. (Stalwarts are far
right, Half Breeds wanted patronage reform)
Key Themes For
Test ........
- Know about dirty Gilded
Age Politics, especially The Election of 1884.
- What were the scandals
under Grant?
- The Gap between the rich
and the poor. How did unions try to improve upon these abuses?
- How did unions evolve?
Were they too liberal at first? How did they differ from each other?
What was the reaction to Haymarket and unions?
- What were the major
strikes of the Gilded Age?
- What Acts were aimed at
fixing the corruption?
- What were the major
inventions of the Gilded Age?
How did Samuel Gompers and
Terrence Powderly differ?
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What happened in the Wild West?
- How did the US Government
handle Native Americans from Jackson to 1890?
- How did new immigration
differ from old immigration?